Porthole underwater during heavy seas.
I called this thing the washing machine, since it reminded me of a front
loading washer.

Sorting the ever prized mail.

Outgoing mail (film for developing)

"Seaman Trott" (ongoing joke). Jim Trott,
aka: Fig.

This was long hair for the Navy in 1970!

(me) relaxing after another fine meal, with
the "filler": Tang, Ritz Crackers, and Cheeze Whiz.Thank god for the Ship's Store!

Cleaning encrusted sea life from shallow-laid cable in the Bearing Sea.

The temperature here (near Guam) is right
about 95-98 degrees.So was the humidity.

Cable ops at night. Marker buoy is being
readied for release.

Cable ops. Several minutes after this
picture was taken, the cable you see here parted due to rough seas.

Doug Schirner trying to make do in the heat
as he writes home. The ship had air conditioning, but, of course,
it failed as soon as we arrived in the tropics.

A group of guys who could be right out of
Central Casting!

Standing watch on the bridge (pilot house),
with my puny (young) attempt at a beard! There was no CIC on the
Neptune, the Radar guys worked on the bridge, sharing duties with Quartermasters
and others.

A panoramic shot of the pilot house, looking
to the port and aft. This is actually 2 pictures seamed together, as 1970 was long before the now common panoramic
camerasNote that when you look at the full size photo,
it will not fit on your screen, and you will have to pan back and forth.